In March, Glasgow-based musician Quinie (Josie Vallely) announced her third album, ‘Forefowk, Mind Me’, described as ‘folk tradition in motion’. On the album, she is joined by viola player Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, multi-instrumentalist and composer Harry Górski-Brown, musician and visual artist Oliver Pitt and Stevie Jones on double bass; he also recorded and produced the record.
Today, she brings a new May offering in the form of Sallow Blackthorn.
In the words of Upset The Rhythm, through whom her new album is released on May 23rd, “it’s almost obligatory to release a folk song on May Day, but here we are on May 2nd still bringing in the May! Enjoy Quinie’s evocative new single ‘Sallow Buckthorn’ out now. It’s a mesmeric sea of swirling sound and Scots poetry.”
“Ye micht o thought the sallow buckthorn, Ne’er a hairst could hain”
(“You might have thought the buckthorn would be so pale, that no harvest could hold it.”)
‘Sallow Buckthorn’ features on Quinie’s forthcoming album ‘Forefowk, Mind Me’ out on Upset The Rhythm on May 23rd.
Available to pre-order on LP with a risograph lyric print + magical book: https://upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/
London Album Launch: St Pancras Old Church on Friday, 30th May 7:30 PM (Tickets)